Bills and costs · Money and prices
monthly outgoings
regular expenses
Monthly outgoings are the costs you must pay every month.
This vs that
My monthly outgoings are about £1,500.
My monthly income is about £2,300.
Hear it in real life
Could you afford to work fewer hours?
Not with my monthly outgoings, unfortunately.
My monthly outgoings include rent, childcare and two loan repayments.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
Monthly outgoings is a natural British phrase for regular personal expenses.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My monthly outgoing is very high because I pay many bills.
Say: My monthly outgoings are very high because I pay many bills.
Outgoings is normally plural for regular expenses.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
monthly outgoings; cover/manage/reduce your monthly outgoings
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about bills and costs.
pay in instalments
We paid for the sofa in instalments.
the bill comes to ___
The bill comes to eighty pounds, including delivery.
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Your turn: say it out loud
My monthly outgoings are quite high.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
monthly outgoings
regular expenses
“My monthly outgoings include rent, childcare and two loan repayments.”
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